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The Proclamation of King Charles III takes place on College Green

By Martin Booth  Sunday Sep 11, 2022

God Save the King was sung by the crowds on College Green as King Charles III was officially announced as sovereign in Bristol.

The ceremony known as the Proclamation saw a ceremonial procession make its way up St George’s Road and then along the foot of Park Street before stopping in front of City Hall.

The lord-lieutenant, bishop, lord mayor and high sheriff then spoke from the sparkly decorated proclamation carriage.

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Lord-lieutenant Peaches Golding, the king’s personal representative in Bristol, said that the event was “a joyous day… that shows how a constitutional monarchy works”.

The event also showed the protocol among Bristol’s great and good.

Watching proceedings from above on the City Hall ramps were councillors and aldermen. Leading the procession behind the City of Bristol Pipes & Drums band and eight police macebearers was the lord-lieutenant, followed by high sheriff Alex Raikes and under sheriff James Myatt, then lord mayor Paula O’Rourke and mayor Marvin Rees, bishop of Bristol Viv Faull and bishop’s chaplain Martin Gainsborough, Avon & Somerset Constabulary chief constable Sarah Crew and police & crime commissioner Mark Shelford, and behind them representatives of the armed forces.

The City of Bristol Pipes & Drums led the Proclamation procession

Hundreds of people gathered on College Green for the ceremony

The bishop of Bristol, Viv Faull, said a prayer from the proclamation carriage

Questions had been raised about the design of the proclamation carriage, with it being described variously as a giant moustache, a pair of ovaries and looking as if it belonged in a pantomime.

But the design was based on previous proclamations, where the coach was pulled to various locations across the city:

All photos: Rob Browne; video: Martin Booth

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